Sometimes a thousand twangling instruments will hum about mine ears

Today was good- I said yesterday that today was going to be shiny & new and it was.

Here's is a few things that made today awesome:

-> We sing awesome music in Concert Choir and Vocal Jazz. Just singing through our repetiore reminded me that Casey totally spoils us (I forget, whomever may be reading may not know Casey. Mr. Casey is my choir teacher) and has given us some really awesome songs this year. My Soul's Been Anchored (duh), Heart We Will Forget Him, Farewell Overture, Flight of the Bumblebee, Alright Ok You Win, and Lullaby of Birdland to name a few. I don't think I'll ever be able to give up choral music.
I am confident that Sacred Concert (*cough Lakeview Church, Stoughton WI, May 15th 7:00 pm cough*) is going to be awesome.

-> I finished a really great book. Song of Susannah it's called and all I have left is a final corner until I reach the clearing...meaning I have one last book to complete until I am finished reading the series. I do need to take a little bit of a sabbatical from Stephen King books though, only shortly. My AP tests are coming up very shortly and I need to reread some books of Literary Merit before I am asked to write an essay on them. If I can manage it, I think I'll reread Catcher and the Rye and Pride and Prejudice. Good options, I think. Usually I can balance my pleasure reading with my work reading...but I couldn't put Song of Susannah down when I got it and I'm afraid if I start the last one now, my AP Lit outcome will be a 2....seriously. But as soon as AP tests are done, I am so starting again. It's hard to put those characters aside- there's so much to talk about!

-> Mike Ross, artistic director of Madison Youth Choir, is silly and makes me laugh. I'm actually, dare I say it, starting to get excited about this show this weekend? ooh! I am, however, more excited about the Cantabile/Ragazzi "end of the year/senior" concert- We're having a concert with only our groups on May 18th at 7 pm. It's so we can "say goodbye" to seniors and sing ALL of our personal repitoire from this year- I am so excited!!! I want ALL of my friends to come to this- I am really, really proud of the work Cantabile and Ragazzi has been doing and I want to show all of my other friends how awesome we are. S0 you'd best ask me about it!

-> I have great friends. 'nuff said. I like being there for them, because i know they'll always be there for me (they have been the greatest over the last month or so). Today I got to be the listener and the comforter, which I haven't been lately due to extenuating circumstances. Helping others makes me feel so so good. Seeing my friends smile makes my life that much brighter and the days that much more worth living. When I have problems (like now) I like to help others, because I feel like I'm being the person I would like to have around. It feels nice to give.

-> Working on "Hair" makes me happy. I believe that this musical will be totally cool if everyone puts their heart in it. My friend Anna, the head honcho, has put her love, thought and even money (almost $1,000 of her own money) into this show & I will do everything I can to help it pay off. I have some really awesome songs I get to sing in. My solo, "Frank Mills" is great- I get to sing it on stage by myself. I can picture singing to the audience in the night so vividly...I"m really glad I'm doing this instead of my regular community theater show (although I miss the people terribly!)

-> I wrote something really really important today- I wrote down the truth. I have a page and a half or so of everything I need to say & do to help stand up for myself and make Lauren a better person. I'll admit, on a lot of levels, I'm not ok right now. There's a lot that hurts and I need to take care of it. I've been letting it sit without thinking of what to do with it. I'm not quite ready to pour Hydrogen Peroxide on the wound yet, but someday I will, for better or worse, to clean out the germs. (Metaphorically, I hope this works. I think it does). I have faith that I'm going to be ok...I just have to be patient and in the words of the lovely Jon McLaughlin (GO LISTEN TO HIS MUSIC) I need to "just give it time".

With deepest love-

Lauren

post script- now that I have readers (hooray!) Here's another challenge- can you put this blog's title (sometimes a thousand twangling instruments will hum about mine ears) in context without looking it up on the internet? I'll give you a clue: it's from a play :D